Stuart Lawson
Texas Tower
845 Texas Avenue
Suite 4700
Houston, Texas 77002
Stuart’s principal areas of practice include mergers and acquisitions, private equity and general corporate representation. He works with private equity funds, portfolio companies and a variety of other public and private companies in connection with mergers and acquisitions, equity investments, divestitures, joint ventures and other strategic investments.
Experience Highlights
Outrigger Energy II on its sale of 100% of the equity interests in Outrigger DJ Midstream, including its natural gas gathering and processing and crude oil gathering assets in the DJ Basin, to Summit Midstream Holdings
ARM Energy Holdings, a premier infrastructure and energy marketing services firm, in its acquisition of Monument Pipeline from NextEra Energy Partners
Goldman Sachs Renewable Power in its separation from Goldman Sachs Asset Management to form MN8 Energy, an independent renewable energy company and second largest U.S. independent solar and storage energy producer by capacity
Centerbridge Partners and its portfolio company, IPS Corporation, in the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Onsite Pro, Inc., a plumbing supply company
A private insurance company in its $900 million acquisition of a private workers’ compensation and liability insurer
A public natural gas distribution company in the $212 million disposition of certain natural gas storage assets
A privately-held provider of flow measurement systems in the $125 million disposition of its business to a publicly traded company
A private midstream energy company in the disposition of its business to a publicly traded company
A public industrial supplies company in multiple strategic transactions to acquire certain oil drilling equipment
A public national title company in its purchase of multiple appraisal services companies and a remote online notary services company
A public oilfield services company in multiple strategic transactions to acquire certain offshore-related oil and gas assets
An international battery component designer and manufacturer in the disposition of its business to a private equity fund
An insurance agency in its disposition of Texas insurance agency assets and book of business to national platform purchaser
A private distributor company in the disposition of its business to a wholesale distributor
Credentials
- South Texas College of Law, J.D. cum laude, 2014 (Managing Editor, South Texas Law Review)
- Texas A&M University, B.S., Political Science, 2006
- The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings, LLC), “Ones to Watch,” (Houston): Mergers & Acquisitions Law, 2021–2024; Corporate Law, 2023 and 2024; Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, 2024
- Texas
- Rankings & AwardsAugust 21, 2023
- Deals & CasesOctober 17, 2022
- Rankings & AwardsAugust 18, 2022
- Deals & CasesAugust 4, 2022
- Deals & CasesApril 4, 2022